Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-08
Alexandra Affair.".

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AN AUGUST SuNDAY.-Yesterday was the first
DAY that the Signal Service has been popular in
Alexandria Tor many months, and the pleasant
weather made the streets gay and gave good con-
gregations to the churches. At such Episcopal and
Presbyterian churches as were open strangers
preached, but the pulpits OF the otner churches
| were occupied by their pastors. A thrOng of
WaShlngtOnianS came down. many OF whom
found sufficient entertainment near the river
front to prevent them from coming farther into
town. The police were busy with drunks and
some score OF them were lodged in the station
house and paid in fines at the mayors Office to-
treasury.
A MIsNUxBERNG.-Thee city numberers have de-
cided that the North and South streets shall have
no numbers on them less than 100, and they Sup
pose themselves sustained by The law, which
says: ''rhat 100 numbers shall be the proportion
for each square, and each successive square Shall
nave Its enumeration to begin with an even hun
dred- WHAT the first squares north or south Of
hlng street succeed is not stated.
SAD SUICIDE OF A LITTLE GIRL.-A little cOlOred
girl named COrneia Jourdun was buried yesterday
year OF her age. She had last Wednesday spent D
cents or her mothers money without her mothers
knowledge, for watermelon, and the mother,
1ear1u lest the child should fan into the or
eVli ways that carries away many colOred chill
dren punished her severely and threatened to send
her TO the reform school, She begged TO be allowed
TO stay home, but her mother SAID, eyes I'll send
You 10 the reform school next Saturday. She was
quite obedient afterward. but on hearing OF the
suicide OF the cOlOred man halZendOrf by lauda-
mum, talked about, she Said TO her little sister, III
get some laudanum and go out the hills and die,
uLl ticu NOul 80 u bne FeIOFm SCHOOL Slle ntu
no money but She gathered up some old iron and
bones and got two cents but no would sell her
Two cents worth or laudanum and she begged some
rags and sold them for 3 cents, and SO got 5 cents
worth or laudanum from first ward grocery, and
on Saturday spe died from the effects OF the drug.
The mother has become almost insane.
NorES.-M1so Amalia Bastianelii formerly OF
Washington, but now residing with her mother at
orange, ~ D., Is paying u visit to Miss Alice Zim
merInan on st. ASaph street; Miss Matte Mclean,
one OF the teachers at The State normal school, Is
also visiting Miss Zilnmerman.-rhe Alexandria
delegates TO Roanoke met there Con. OLeary,
"ei!known Alexandra lad, who has grown to for
tune by successful ventures In real estate.-JnO
Bright tried 10 take .aCdanum one night last week,
put the vial was Knocked from his mouth and
broken On the pavement by cOmpaniOn.-DanI
Carlin, charged with false pretenses in Prince
Georges County, Md, is held lor the Maryland
authorlt1es-An infant daughter OF Mr. ID. W.
Tennesson, was buried yesterday morning from
NO. 81 Cameron street.-Rev. DR.. SchOy, pastor
OF the German Lutheran church, Is quite lii at the
pastoral residence on Alfred street, near that
enurch.-John Butler, young stepson OF Mr.
John SissoD, who died OF typnoiu fever was buried
yesterday from his late home III the first ward.